IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IA005015
  • User Pedon ID: S1987IA005015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X3-41D-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75190
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 43.4327331
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3450122
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 100N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet north and 1330 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA005—Allamakee
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA005—Allamakee County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joe Kristoff, Jim Marzke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.0B
  • Pedon #: 74
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/16/1967
  • Classifier - Joe Kristoff
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/16/1967
  • Classifier - Joe Kristoff
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy alluvium
  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/16/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Joe Kristoff
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    lamellae

    cambic horizon

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    13.5

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    310

    899

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    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    LANSING 4 SE, IA US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; common very fine roots and few medium roots and common fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01853
    A1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01854
    A2—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01855
    Bw1—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01856
    Bw2—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01857
    C1—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; few very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01858
    C2—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand, loamy sand; single grain; loose; few very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU01859